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Of Sea and Cloud
By Jon Keller
DBC 3867, Available as BARD Download
After their father drowns off the coast of Maine, Bill and Jonah Graves struggle to keep the family lobster business afloat as the market for lobster collapses and an old family friend, once their father's partner, turns against them. 2015.
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Polly and Her Duck Costume
By Leanne Lauricella
DBC 11572, Available as BARD Download
Polly, a goat who is blind, feels happiest when she’s wrapped in something warm and fuzzy -- like an adorable duck costume. But when she makes a new friend, she discovers another way to feel loved. For preschool to grade 2. 2017.
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Rotten to the Core: An Orchard Mystery
By Sheila Connolly
DBC 3911, LT 10453, Available as BARD Download
When the poisoned body of a young man is found in her small orchard, Meg Corey is amazed to discover that she's the prime suspect. 2009.
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Sight Reading: A Novel
By Daphne Kalotay
DBC 11409, LT 15632, Available as BARD Download
Three lives crisscross, diverge, and ultimately interlace in this sweeping, lyrical novel that follows a gifted violinist, a famous composer, and his fragile, beautiful first wife from 1987 to 2007, from Europe to America, through conservatory life and into the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 2014.
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Stories from the Shadows: Reflections of a Street Doctor
By James J. O’Connell
DBC 11429, Available as BARD Download
A physician who tends to the health care needs of Boston's homeless writes about his work and his patients in this collection of short stories. 2015.
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A Time to Dance
By Padma Venkatraman
DBC 4026, Available as BARD Download
When she loses part of her leg in an accident, a gifted young dancer learns a new way to perform in this inspirational novel written in free verse. For junior and senior high. 2015.
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